| Kevin,
Congratulations! I still remember when I first started and ran my 3-rotor using a temporary intake manifold and a Holley 4-BBL carb. with no exhaust. The dog still won't go into the garage. ;-)
I don't think hitting the purge tank with pressurized air will help. Maybe you could try using the garden hose instead of air pressure. Open the heater port and force water into the engine/WP via the purge tank. The 3-rotor has a place on the WP housing for a sensor that I remove which will allow air to escape from the pump side of the WP housing thereby priming the WP. Some have drilled a very small hole at the top of the WP cavity allowing automatic purging.
Mark S. On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 10:28 PM, kevin lane <n3773@comcast.net> wrote:
my engine ran today, first time, a huge
accomplishment for me [I built the intake(Weber carb), exhaust, and DIS
ignition], since I don't have the experience it seems everyone else
does. BUT, I ask a lot of questions(and have Lynn H advice!).
unfortunately my camera was taking video when I thought it wasn't, and I ended
up with video of the opposite of what I wanted[shut off when I thought I was
turning it on]. love that angry sound with no muffler! [currently
blowing on to the wooden floor of my trailer!] seems the water pump
still isn't primed. thinking of blasting the swirl tank with air hose
while cracking the output line to see if water will flood the pump, or tapping a
plug into the water pump housing to release air.
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